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# New * Improved compatibility and performance for Battlefield 3.* Improved compatibility and performance for RAGE.* Fixes reports of occasional driver timeouts while browsing the web.# New in R285 Drivers* Performance- Increases performance for GeForce 400 and 500-series GPUs in several PC games vs. v280.26 WHQL drivers. The following are some examples of improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:- GeForce GTX 580:> Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Black Ops> Up to 7% in Civilization V with SLI> Up to 5% in Crysis 2 DX11 with SLI> Up to 7% in F1 2010 with SLI> Up to 5% in Lost Planet 2 with SLI> Up to 5% in Mafia 2 with SLI> Up to 13% in Metro 2033 with SLI> Up to 8% in STALKER: Call of Pripyat with SLI> Up to 5% in StarCraft 2- GeForce GTX 560:> Up to 4% in Bulletstorm> Up to 5% in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 with SLI> Up to 6% in Call of Duty: Black Ops> Up to 5% in Crysis 2 DX11 with SLI> Up to 7% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI> Up to 7% in F1 2010 with SLI> Up to 5% in Just Cause 2 with SLI> Up to 5% in Lost Planet 2 with SLI> Up to 4% in Mafia 2 with SLI> Up to 7% in Metro 2033 with SLI> Up to 11% in STALKER: Call of Pripyat with SLI> Up to 7% in StarCraft 2# NVIDIA PhysX* Updates PhysX System Software to version 9.11.06.21.# NVIDIA SLI* Added or updated SLI profiles for Battlefield 3, Dead Island, Diablo III, Dragon Age 2, Need for Speed: The Run, and Saints Row: The Third.# HD Audio* Updates HD Audio driver to version 1.2.24.0.# OpenGL* Adds support for OpenGL 4.2 for GeForce 400 series and 500 series GPUs.# Other Details* Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.